The CEU News Continuing Education Update May 2020 A Publication of the Wesley Leadership Institute Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church
Events - Coming Soon! Check the Holston online calendar for a full listing of future events. Please note that many events previously listed have been cancelled due to the virus. May 2020 The Resilient Church: Hybrid Congregations Thriving in a New Kind of World May 4 Online 0.15 CEUs House Church Academy May 5-26 Onlne 0.8 CEUs Amplify: Solutions to Connect & Disciple Your Church Member Virtually May 5 Online 0.1 CEUs Amplify Media is a streaming service allowing churches large and small unlimited video access in order to discover, customize, and share diverse resources that encourage deeper discipleship and equip churches to pursue their mission with greater impact. Dinner Church Academy May 5-June 2 Online 0.8 CEUs Preaching Academy May 6-June 3 Online 0.15 CEUs Fresh Expressions Mission Academy May 6– 27 Online 0.8 CEUs Transforming Congregations Academy May 6-27 Online 0.8 CEUs Beyond the Basics of Online Church May 7 Online 0.1 CEUs Social Media Academy May 7-28 Online 0.8 CEUs Leadership Academy May 7-June 4 Online 0.8 CEUs
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Since our CEU reporting website is still under construction, please continue to apply for continuing ed credit by emailing the name of the event/webinar you attended, along with the date, number of hours you participated, and a certificate of completion if you have one to sueweber@holston.org. Also, remember that you can submit book reviews for credit as well. We offer 0.3 CEUs for each book. If you submit reviews for three books, we offer 1.0 CEUs. A maximum of 1.0 CEUs per year can be earned through personal reading. Again, email me the details - title, author, publisher, publishing date, and a brief review.
Book Review Unshakable Hope Building Our Lives on the Promises of God - by Max Lucado What is shaking in your world? Possibly your future, your faith, your family, or finances? It's a shaky world out there. In Unshakable Hope, pastor and New York Times bestselling author Max Lucado offers encouraging guidance for overcoming sadness and despair, renewing a sense of purpose, and triumphantly facing the fears of the future. People are dying from a lack of hope. After forty years of counseling and ministry, Max Lucado has learned that nothing lifts the desperate, weary heart like the
promises of God. In a world full of despair, depression, anxiety, and instability, we do not need more opinions or hunches; we need the definitive declarations of our mighty and loving God. • • • •
Overcome challenging circumstances Live through sadness and renew hope Experience lasting security Make wise decisions
What is your life built on--the circumstances of life or the promises of God? The answer to that question changes everything. For every problem in life, God has given you a promise. Join Max as he takes a closer look at Scripture's unbreakable promises and shows you how to live with an unshakable hope. 2
A Message from Our Director... I pray that all of you are finding some new sense of normalcy in the midst of this pandemic. Sue Weber reports to me that many of you have been online watching lots of webinars! I applaud you for taking the time to refresh and/or re-educate yourself during these tumultuous times. I pray that these online learning events have been fruitful and assisted you in your ministry. I pray that all of you are finding some new sense of normalcy in the midst of this pandemic. Sue Weber reports to me that many of you have been online watching lots of webinars! I applaud you for taking the time to refresh and/or re-educate yourself during these tumultuous times. I pray that these online learning events have been fruitful and assisted you in your ministry. One of the purposes of the Office of Clergy Services is to assist you in your ministry. I have sought to do this in numerous ways. Chief among them has been the introduction of online magazines. At first it was the quarterly editions of the Clergy Connexion. Lately, though, I have generated a few in direct response to the pandemic. I hope that these have been helpful to you. Moving into the future—the very near future—as in the next couple of weeks—I hope to roll out an app for your mobile devices: ipad, iphone, android pad & phone. The goal will be to put at your fingertips these resources that are being developed. I will be sending instructions on how to access this app within a week or so. It is still in the development stages, but I have hopes for it being a go to place for items related to the Office of Clergy Services. I’d be interested in having some beta reviewers. Email me if you are interested. Let me close by asking you this: “Are there topics you need me to explore in the immediate future in relation to the ongoing pandemic and its impact upon our churches?” Give me some ideas. There just might be another magazine created! You might want to share with me digital connections to some of the materials that you have come across—if you are able to do so. Send me a copy of the URL or point me toward the site that hosts the material that you have found most helpful. I will try to look at them and see what can be shared with the whole group. That includes YouTube and Vimeo videos. I should be able to embed those in a magazine. May God continue to bless you and may your church be a beacon of hope in this present darkness. A Fellow Servant of Christ, Rev. Terry Goodman
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Digital Ministry Academy May 8-29 Online 0.8 CEUs Innovation Academy May 8-June 5 Online 0.8 CEUs The Resilient Leader: Strengthening the Capacity to Lead For Yourself and Others May 11 Online 0.15 CEUs The 3 Biblical Views of Hell Examined May 11-29 Online 1.5 CEUs Practical Strategies for Church-Based Community Transformation May 16 Online 0.2 CEUs The Resilient Gospel: Proclaiming, Mobilizing, and Empowering the Gospel May 18 Online 0.15 CEUs June 2020:
Healthy Stewardship in the Local Church June 1-5 Online 1.5 CEUs July 2020: Church Finances July 6-10 Online 1.5 CEUs
CONTACT INFO: Director: The Rev. Terry Goodman terrygoodman@holston.org
Phone: 865-293-4147
Admin. Asst. & Editor: Sue Weber sueweber@holston.org
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